Ladies who lunchis a phrase often used to describe well-off,
well-dressed women who meet for social luncheons, usually during theworking
week. Typically, the women involved aremarriedand non-working. Normally the lunch is in a
high-classrestaurant, but could
also take place in adepartment
storeduring ashoppingtrip. Sometimes the lunch takes place under the
pretext of raising money forcharity.

Ladies who lunch are often seen as lacking
substance. I’m
full of substance..cookies, cheese cake etc. How dare they say that about me!

1.
I’m not well off. In the money sense that is.

2. Well dressed? I clean up pretty good and can throw an outfit together, but I hardly wear couture now that I’m collecting OAP.

3.
I score one for being married and non-working. At least at a paying job. Writing
is hard work!

4.
I consider a high class restaurant one that has clean cutlery and glasses and
the music is not too loud. The food should be edible. I can always manage the
shopping trip.

5.
I’ve
done my share of charity work but never discussed it over lunch.

So my social calendar is filling up. Yesterday I met two
retired friends from my last place of employment. This can be classified as a
ladies lunch. Nothing too high-class, but decent. Both are married and between
us we have three husbands, eleven children and sixteen grandchildren. That gave
us plenty to talk about.

Today I’m meeting with a writers group at an eatery
where I know the food is good but high class? I’ll update you in a future post.

Arthur
Ellis Short List

Thursday the 18th. I’ll be making my way
to downtown Toronto. Indigo at the Manulife centre on Bloor. This event is simultaneously
happening in Ottawa and Vancouver.

The
Arthur Ellis Awards

for Excellence in

Canadian Crime Writing

The
Arthur Ellis Awards, established in 1984 and named after the nom de travail of
Canada's official hangman, are awarded annually by the CWC in the following
categories.

The Arthur Ellis Awards are for CRIME WRITING, and are not restricted
to mystery writing. Crime-writing encompasses far more than the traditional
whodunit. The crime genre includes crime, detective, espionage, mystery,
suspense, and thriller writing, as well as fictional or factual accounts of
criminal doings and crime-themed literary works. If you are not certain that
your submission qualifies as a crime book or story, please contact us at:info@crimewriterscanada.comorpublications@crimewriterscanada.com

I’m
really looking forward to this event. Joy Fielding is the guest speaker and
other authors will be reading from their books.

I will report on this event at the weekend.

Talk soon, must get ready for my second lunch out
this week. Better make it a salad today.